• atro_city
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    134 months ago

    So people can just accuse somebody and get a lynchmob going, huh? I guess we’ve gotten a few instances of that in the West now too.

    • @Randelung
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      114 months ago

      I mean, witch trials? Lynchings? We’ve always had that problem in one way or another.

      • @[email protected]
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        54 months ago

        Yes but part of progress and societal growth is giving up lynchings and mob justice. It’s intrinsically uncivilized.

        • @Randelung
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          34 months ago

          Yes, but we haven’t managed that step, either.

      • atro_city
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        34 months ago

        Sure, but we aren’t in the dark ages anymore (at least we shouldn’t be?).

        • @gmtom
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          74 months ago

          The last recognised lynching in the US was in 1981.

        • @Randelung
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          54 months ago

          That’s what they said in the dark ages, too…